"Ordinarily, our Security Force shouldn't have been involved in this operation."
They slowly walked forward until they reached a secluded area.
Ran looked around in confusion. After thinking for a moment, he looked at Yorii Tsugikuni and said, "The Security Force already has few people, and many of them are newcomers now. They don't have much fighting strength."
"To search for the Revolutionary Army, the military should have been deployed. Yet we were sent out instead."
"Maybe it's because Master is so strong."
Ieyasu patted Ran on the shoulder, then smiled at Yorii Tsugikuni. "After all, someone like Master is more than a match for the Revolutionary Army."
"Let's go. No need to worry."
Naturally, Yorii Tsugikuni understood what Ran meant.
He had not paid much attention to it before, thinking only that the Imperial Capital was short on manpower.
But after Ran brought it up, Yorii Tsugikuni could not help recalling Honest's smiling face.
He began to have some thoughts about why the Security Force had been forcibly dragged into this operation. Nodding to Ran, he led everyone onward.
"Finally found you all."
As they continued forward, the sky gradually brightened.
Sayo came over from afar with Koro, panting from exhaustion. She greeted them from a distance. "I just saw people from Night Raid, but they got away."
"They were acting strangely. They didn't bother fighting me at all."
Sayo shook her head regretfully. She had just finished modifying her new module, Ten Kings' Judgment.
When she encountered Night Raid's people, she had thought she would get into a fierce battle. Yet she had not expected them to have no intention of fighting her whatsoever.
"They were probably wary of the captain's strength."
Ran took a gulp of water. Though he had not participated in Yorii Tsugikuni and Esdeath's